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| Game Review: Football Manager 2005 |
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| Following the break up between Sports Interactive and Eidos from the famous Championship Manager series Sega made the decision to join Sports Interactive to form Football Manager 2005. This game was seen as the underdog in the battle between it and Championship Manager 5, Eidos' new game, due to the fact it was under a new name and many people still saw that Championship Manager as the better game. However, it is the more realistic game and has made more attempts to improve. Sticking to the old style look it would seem more like a Championship Manager sequel than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a completely new game. The player stats mode is similar being marked out of 20 with the only new addition the ability to have a picture for some of your players. The news section is very much like the old one with a flashing letter at the bottom left informing you of news. Also when you view your team it looks a lot like Championship Manager 4 with all the players listed in that sort of way with the possibilty of changing it. And when you actually go to play a match you have the same choices as you do on all the recent Championship Manager games whether you want to watch the full match on the all new improved 2D match engine or if you want you can skip through on very fast commentary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| And although it still has all these similar features it somehow manages to come up with new ones that no-one has thought of. As mentioned before players now have pictures which you can view. You also now have the ability to mutually terminate a players contract so if they're unhappy or you want them to leave for whatever reason then it won't cost you a thing. There is also the inclusion of the media. Whether you want to challenge Mourinho in mind games or become the best of friends with Ferguson you can do that on the game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| And something that the Championship Manager series was criticised for was the fact it takes a long time to recruit new staff. Now you can advertise a job at the all new job centre and get various people applying for it. The data editor which was included in previous games is now back coming to enjoyment of people. And the injury data is very accurate as well giving it from the great people at www.physioroom.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Verdict So all in all Football Manager 2005 is a good game. With over 5000 playable teams and 250,000 different types of players/staff this game will seem to never get old. I recommend that if you are to choose out of this and Championship Manager 5 then this is the game you want to get. |
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| Rating: 92/100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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